ANAHEIM – Bree Walker, former TV news anchor and disability-rights activist, was arrested early Wednesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said.

Walker, 61, of Venice was taken into custody following a traffic stop about 12:30 a.m. near South Beach Boulevard and West Ball Road, said Lt. Tim Schmidt, Anaheim’s public safety spokesman.

Officers who pulled Walker over for a suspected red light violation smelled what they believed to be alcohol and noticed that Walker appeared to be “disheveled,” Schmidt said.

Police said that Walker was unable to produce a driver’s license. Schmidt said she was asked to do a field sobriety test, which police said she failed.

Walker declined a breathalyzer, police say, and was taken to the police station for a blood alcohol test. Schmidt said the results of that test were not available.

Walker’s car was impounded, Schmidt said, and a pit bull that was inside the vehicle was taken by animal control.

Police say Walker was booked under the name Bree Walker-Lampley. She was previously married to sports commenter Jim Lampley, and reportedly has two children.

Police say Walker was released on a promise to appear in court.

Born with ectrodactyly, a rare genetic condition that leads to missing fingers and toes, as well as syndactyly, which causes fingers and toes to fuse together, Walker was a high-profile Los Angeles news anchor in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. She also gained fame as a disability-rights activist, a talk show host and an actress.

Walker entered a treatment program for alcohol dependency in 2007, according to news reports.

In a statement quoted in news reports at the time she entered the rehabilitation program, Walker stated, "As part of a continuing series of positive steps for unity, which have been taken in my family this past year, I have chosen, of my own accord, to enter a treatment program for alcohol dependency.”

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